Secular Café: Dolphins' complex social structure

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Dolphins' complex social structure Apr 9th 2012, 19:23 A novel mammalian social structure in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.): complex male alliances in an open social network A new level of complexity in the male alliance networks of Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) BBC Nature - Bottlenose dolphins: 'Gangs' run society, scientists say Male Dolphins Are Bisexual | UA Magazine From the BBC article, about male dolphins: Quote: The first is pairs or trios that work together to capture and herd fertile females. "These consortships can last over a month," Dr Connor explained. In a "second-order alliance", the animals form "teams" of between four and 14 males which mount attacks on other groups to take their females, or to defend against attacks. In a third level, the dolphins have "friendly relations" between these larger teams; they join forces to form larger dolphin armies, working together to defend their females against other large, aggressive groups. Thus making bottlenose dolphins one of the few nonhuman species with that sort of social complexity. As to dolphins and homosexual sex, I'll give these possibly NSFW YouTube videos: homosexual dolphins playing at the mirage - YouTube Dolphins swimming and bonus gay rape - YouTube

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